Updated On: 15 July, 2022 08:27 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
In a series of tweets, the Congress` state unit spokesman Sachin Sawant said Shinde had remained a mute spectator to the decision, which was against the ideology of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, who had openly supported the Emergency

CM Eknath Shinde. File Photo
The Maharashtra Congress on Friday said the Eknath Shinde government`s move to restore the pension scheme for political activists imprisoned during the Emergency, was a futile attempt by people who had no role to play in the freedom struggle to gain sympathy.
In a series of tweets, the Congress` state unit spokesman Sachin Sawant said Shinde had remained a mute spectator to the decision, which was against the ideology of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, who had openly supported the Emergency.